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TUESDAY, JULY 9, 1918.

EARLIER TELEGRAMS,

(Continued from Page 1.)

THRILLING DASH BY AMERICANS.

Mr. Phillip Gibba, British Headquarters, describing the share of ericans in the battle south of

the Bomma on 4th July, says

The ofhours addressed their men previously, pointing out that they were gofug in with the Australians who had; Alwaysdalivered the goods." The Amerians attacked shouting Lust - canin." -Ang... Germnas showing fight

had no chaned.

HUGE BOOTY CAPTURED BY,

ITALIANS,

A CROWNING VICTORY,

Losvos, July 6. An Italinn afficial message says:— After Eve days of a bitter and

BOLSHEVIKS DISARMED.

FORMER ADMINISTRATION

"RESTORED.

VLADIVOSTOR, June 30, The commandant, of the Czecho. Slovaks yesterday sent an ultimatum to the focal Soviet stating that he intended to disarm the Bolsheviks on account of their opposition to the Czecho-Slovaks march from Western Siberia to Vladi vostok. As no reply was forthcoming within half-an-hour disarmament was carried out.

There was no resistance except at a building near the station which the Czecho-Slovaks captured in the evening.

A number-of-Bolshevika-including Austro-German prisoners, were killed and wounded.

The former ministration restored.

CZEGHO-SLOVAKS CONTROL

VLADIVOSTOCK.

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The Tires Correspondent at Tokio telegraphing on Jana 20. states that the Czecbo Slovake control Vladivostok.

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THE FOURTH OF JULY. MEXICO'S CONGRATULATIONS

WASHINGTON, July 6 The congratulations received by President Wilson on 4th July included a telegram from President Carranza expressing the mort, fervent" wishes of | the Mexican people and Government for the United States and the earliest advent of everlasting pance and juice in both continents.

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THE COMMERCIAL CONFERENCES.

MR. BONAR LAW ON PEACE,

LONDON, July 6.

A a Government dinner to the International Parliamentary Commercial Conferences Mr. Bauar law, referring to the coming blow, said it wouk! not be less dangerous because of the time the Germans are taking in preparing for it. The Allied High Command is confident as regarde the reaalt. The fateful hour of the var had arrived and if three months hence our enemies have

gained no strategic objects then their campaign will have failed and he hoped it wank be a decisive failure.

uninterruptedt struggle the enemy on the altern of the 6: were completely drive to the left bank of the new Piave, which the enemy bas occupied since November. This crowns dur victory and enlarges the Venies proA BOLSHEVIK THREAT TO ALLIES: regards Russia Germany is already

rection zone.

We have captured since the 16th 523 officers and 23,011 men, alas 83 guns,. 45% trench mortar, 1,184 machine guns, aeroplanes, Ave million cartridges and

· 37,105 vidas. - 49 fame throwers, Hewo

choss of shells. and other material.. We also recovered all our artillery and-outorial lost in the the first phase of the struggle.

ROYAL SILVER WEDDING.

SPECIAL THANKSGIVING AT ST. PAUL'S.

A PRESENT OF £55/40 BY LORD MATOR.

LONDON, July S The King and Queen of the Belginna afrived in London this morning and participated in the silver wedding festivities.

Their Majesties silver wedding was elebratel simply but eventfully. The chief emonies were a special thanks. giving my St. Paul's, where the Imperial Confentice representatives were among those present, and the presentation at the Guitthal of an address"

Mosegw, July 7. The Trestia, the otheial Bolshevik organ, say that the Allies will be used by military if they intervene

in Russia.

THE REAL MASTER OF RUSSIA.

PARIS, July 7.

31. Kerensky, addressing the Socialist group in the Chamber on Friday, des - ¦ cribed the German Ambassador." Count 13irbach, as the real master of Russia,

THE FIRST STROKE OF VENGEANCE.

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Pants, July

The new per regard the assassina - tion of Count Mirbach as the first stroke of vengeance by appressed Russia against Germau tyranny and a severe blow to the German plans.

THELLANDOVERY CASTLE "

OUTRAGE.

SETTLED PLAN TO DESTROY HOSPITAL SHIPS."

The Royal procession consisted of a. small but imposing semi-state cavalcade which left Buckingham Palace in fine weather au traversed the beflagged 1711te. There were dense cheering.

LONDON, July 5. crowds and the pealing of church" bells. Reuter is authoritatively informed The Lord Mayor" presented their that the outrage on the Dandovery Majesties at the Guildhall with a cheque Cafe, which is the fourth hospital ship for £53,000 for distribution to charities sunk by submarines during 1915, waż auta silver tankard made in 1877 and deliberate and premediated and conse. owned by Charles the Second offered byquent upon orders given to the sub the citizens of London as a personal marine's commander by superior Ger expression of loyal and dutiful regard. man. Authority which alleged the HIS MAJESTY'S SPEECH AT THE presence of eight flying, officers. The Allegation is without foundation and could easily have been tested by exercising the right of search.

GUILDHALL.

There is no doubt the submarine endeavoured to slaughter all "the witnesses of the fe according to Count

xhury's notorious phrase spellon tersenden und It is clear the British are facert with a settled plan of the German High Command to destroy hospital ships as far as possible.

MOKE U-BOAT" BLUFF.

Continning, Mr. Banac Law ski the Government have not lost hope as

AMERICAN CABLES.

U.S. NAVY COMUNICATION SERVICE

-TO MANILA.]

U.S. CASUALTIES.

NOW TOTAL 10,383,

WASHINGTON, July 8

that the assualties of the American A War Department sumamry shows

axpeditionary forces thus far total 10,383, including 9,13 for the Army and 1,252 for the Marine Corp."

The Army casualties were divided as follows:

as

-Killed in action-3,49-—-—

Diad of wounds and other causes

Wounded and missing 2,409.

The Marine Corps casualties are given follows:

Deathe 407.

Killed and wounded: $42 In hands of the enemy 1. Missing 2

AMERICANS HOLDING THEIR OWN

WASHINGTON, Jily Reviewing the situation as the battle- fronts, General March, Chief of Staff learning that she is not getting what said

During the week activities, in the she anticipated from Russia. As regards the economic question the Allied American seators were of local character Governments were practically agreed The Americans at all times and at all with the views of the Commercial places are more than holding their own Conference The Alianes would, after The people should understand that the the way continue to stabdl together in rank and file are doing splendidly all order to repair the ravages of the war. along the line." There was no immediate hope of peace,Americans have improved their positions General Pershing has cabled that the which was obtainable only through south of Torey. The total number of yietary.

prisoners taken on June 24 was 308,

NO CHEAP WAY TO VICTORY.

Mr. Barnes agreed with Mr. Bouar Law that there was no cheap and easy way out of the war, The Russians got peace by negotiation and had gone to pieces. None of the Allies would have such a peace by negotiation. However long the war lasted it could only end by freeing the world from militarism...

SPAIN'S ESPIONAGE BILL. ADOPTED.

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MADRID, July 7. The Chamber adopted the Espionage Bill without division after the Socialist. and Republican opponents had walked out...

BILL DENOUNCED AS PRO-GERMAN MEASURE

The Espionage Bill is denounced by the Liberal and Socialist Press as pro-German and a 'Cabinet-crisis—is forecasted.

JAPAN TENNIS PLAYER IN U.S.A.

MAKES GOOD SHOWING.

PERSHING ON_INSURANCE. ...

WASHINGTON, July. 3. General Fershing, has sabled ́na follows to Mr.Maddoo, Secretary of the Treasury

CARS on HIRE

Experienced Chauffeurs

Expert Mechanics,

"All racks of the American Expedi tionary Forces deeply appreciats" the KÖKSLOUS-Measure of the Government in providing insurance for their families. Proof of tals is shown by the fact that taken out insurance. To insure provision more than 50 per cent of the men have

for their loved ones-in-the-strongest bond that unites our men and strong New and Comfortable Cars

thons the bonds that Rnite the Army and the people in our arming determination (toʻtrinraph ia our righteous cause.'

The Hurent-of-War-Risk-Enguraïnes- reported on June 28 that $33,663,699.

·000 worth of insurivice hall been taken vùb by 2,570,455 fighting mex.--

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`ICE PLANTS IN FRANCE.

WASHINGTON, July 3.

The War Department is constructing. |fve' refrigerating plants in France to safeguard itself against any temporary total freezing capacity of the plants will shortage of beef, for the Arnis. The

be 30,000,000 to, or enough to supply 40,000,000 pounds of beef daily.

Tee-making plants are also being built

The United States i in France. furnishing all the machinery and concrete. The U. S Army is now operating one plant in France with s capacity of 10,000,000 pounds. Thir will also be increased to 20,000,000 panada.

A CHARMING SOUTENIR FOR

-PRINCE ARTHUR.

J.

A very happy and timely enterprise by the chief editor of the Tokyo news- | paper Kokumin inviting a literary com- petition among students of the normal and middle school course on the subject of the visit of H.E H. Prince Arthur of Connaught, in which prizes were offered for the best essays.. was moat enthușias-

selected as good. out of which six won Of the 1.956 essays received, 106. were cally responded to all over the country,

prizes, the drst, second and third winners being girls.

NEW YORK, July 2 player, fought his way into the finale of Soichiro Kushiro, the Japanese tennis the Middle States tournament,"playing brilliantly, and then lost in a desperately fought five-set battle with Walter The ways. Rocompaniet by a trizia Merrill Hall, the former title holder,ution in English of all the 108 esays, Hall winning three sets out of five. were put into a beautiful box and pre- Five sets were necessary to decide the sented to His Royal Highness. The box bore the inscription. Albuin of the tournament

expressions of the tree sentiments 'of. juvenile Japun.”

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INDEPENDENCE DAY "GREAT SPLASH."

SIXTEEN DESTROYEKS LAUNCHED.

The Chamber heatedly disenssed the measure, sitting all night.

Replying to furious Socialist criti-"great splash! of nearly 100 other ciams the Foreign Minister denied that large merchant ships to be launched the Bill was meant to gag the Preas that day throughout the United States. and said it was to avoid and stop the Undoubtedly Independence Day will be insolence of certain organs towards the greatest day of ship launching in

the history of the world... certain hends of the State.

WASHINGTOS, Juis 3. Sixteen destroyers will be launched ---10-BOTTOW as the Navy'a share of a

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ENEMY INTRIGUES IN SOUTH AFRICA."

MISCHIEF-MAKING STAMPED

OUT.

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PRETORIA, July

JULY RECORD GREATEST,

OGDEN, UTAH, July 3 Charles M. Schwab, Director of the Emergency Fleet Corporation, en route to attend the big splash" in California on July 4, said:

MAGISTRATE'S PARABLE.

-SOLICITOLS COMPARED TO FLIES

UN A BULLOCK.

Following the example of the calls of", the East in olden times. Mr. Symmons., spoke in parables the Marylebone, magistrate, recently

A women, who asked his advice, suid. she had been to solicitor, who was pet the family's legal adviser

Don't go to more than one solic

cald

Mr. Symmons. "When the Bullock was covered all over with fies some one came to him and said, 'Chail

for

nock the flies off?" No, don't do that, the bullock said: "these flies are marly full. If you do, a fresh lot of fies will come more hungry than the

st."

Turning to the missionary (BIc. Bos- well, the caagistrate said, Executors- trustees-insolvent estate-solicitor-a The July shipbuilding record will will of a most complicated kind Will he the greatest in the history of the yea see her far me? "It is far beyond ment, calls attention to the existence of country. The Pacific coast is leading me, but well within your province." enemy intrigues in South Africa, aired all other parts of the country in the

General Botha, in an important state

The King, in the course of his reply to the Lord Mayor's address at the Gaikthall, said the anniversary fell when the very existence of the Empire was assailed by an unscrupulous for. "We bave sech with joyful gratitude the whole-hearted response to the call of duty which raverbrated throughout the Empire. Here, in the presence of the listinguished representatives of the Dominions and Colonies and the Empire of India, I warmly acclaim the noble and self-sacrificing spirit in which our brothers across the seas have given "of their best in our united defence of liberty and right."

His Kinjesty eloquently declared it to be impossible to adequately pay losses quoted by the British and French tribute to the deeds of the Navy, Army Ministers were untrue. Enemy tonnage Air Force and Mercantile services. He specially mentioned the troops in East, was constantly decreasing owing to Africa, Mesopotamia, Palestine and sinkings while enemy requirements, oft strong determination to tekë aili tonnage were increasing. The U-boats,

AMSTERDAM, July 7.

Naval Estimates Admiral on Capelle In the debate in the Ecictatag on the aimed that the U-boat weapon was increasing in strength. The figures of

other distant theatres, who bad ex like the armies, would secure victory. perienced the most trying conditions.

Referring to the spirit of mutual

concession animating employers and DUTCH CONYOY TO EAST INDIES.

workers, which he and the Queen had noticed during their vialta to industrial centres in the provinces, he expressed

the belief that in the furnace of war

RIGHT OF SEARCH WAIVED

BY BRITISH

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at stirring up strife not only among rapidity and quality of its ships turned Europeans but also among natives..

He says the events of the past few out From the Pacific coast we have received our first wooden ship, our days have necessitated prompt "and which have prevented grave disturbances effective military and police methods, steel ship and our first concrete

ship."

which have been issued by political and and probably serious form of life. He is gratified to see the conciliatory appeale industrial leaders, and calls on all good citizens to assist the Government in

mischief-making. Decessary apsasures to stamp ont

'INDIAN ARMY,

"GOOD COTTON CROP.

WASHINGTON, July 3. United States cotton production is estimated by the Department of Agricul ture at 13,325,000 bales of 500 pounds each. The condition of the crop is 35.8 per cent of normal. The area saltivated in 37,073,000 acres.

LARGE INCREASE IN STRENGTH -

SIMLA, July 5. Losnos, July 6. The Indian Government announces The Press Bureau says the British an impending very large increase in and man and class and class, and we are Government, having abandoned the strength of the Indian army now bois coming to recognise as never before right of search, the Dutch convoy sailed recruited, which will include a large that we are all members of one

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Most people are aware that Alfred HONGKONG THEATRE PROGRAMME.

Tennyson predicted aerial warfare in his

Locksley Hall," but how many know

that he also predicted the use of gas in 10th, 11th & 12th July- warfare? The first mentioned prodic-

tion is the well known couplet

"Heard the heavens-fill with shouting, and there rain a ghastly dew

From the nations airy navies, grap pling in the central blue.

The second prediction is the pen

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ultimate verse of the famous poem and SATURDAY, 18th July is in these words.

Comes a vaper from the margin, blackening over beath and halt.

**Cramming all the blast before is, iz ita bresat a thunderbolt'

CUBA CELEBRATES TOO.

HATAHA, July 3, The Senate and the House of Representatives of Cuba have decreed that July 4 to 14 be Cuban national And again subordinates drawn from Europeans of arranged for this period. military age:

But these are not the only prophecies of the lato Poet Laureate In The Priócess he foreshadowed the women land workers when he said.

the land he understood, for miles about was till'd by women."'*:

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than men; huge women blowzed with U.S. LABOUR AGENCY BUSY.health and wind, and rain and labour.

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THE STRANGE CASE OF MARY PAGE.

SACCHARIN SCARE.

with strikes and other demonstrations It is even stated that the military authorities hava appointed a captain. to deliver lectures in Berlin to spplicants

.community and that the welfare of all-day, Holland having furnishell the additional number of British officers and holidays. Big celebrations have been ght daughters of the plough, stronger charin disturbs the digestion, injures the for. this new long of police work

information required.

is inter-dependent. His Majesty con- cluded: When gescd comes mayit that the concession cannot be repeated. The Netherlands has been advises dawn upon an Empire strongthener in

THE HAGUE, July 5. character by the "Bey trial through which it his passed and knit together The convoy sailed this morning for more closely by the memory of common the Dutch East Indies. efforts and common sacrifices."

AFFAIRS IN RUSEIA

REVOLUTIONARY TROOPS. MARCHING ON KIEFF.

Moscow, July 24, Seventy-five thousand well armed revolutionary troops are marching on Kieff from Fastoff, forty miles distant.

The Germans are retiring towards | Kieff.

Communications with Kieff and Odes are interrapted...

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HARVEST.

GREAT DAMAGE TO CROPS.

ZURICH, July 6.

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WASHINGTON, July 3.

The work of the Labour Regulation i Board which went into effect yesterday AMERICAN AIRMAN KILLED.

has resulted already in a material increase in the supply of labour, eta, The anxiety as regards harvesting, NEW YORK, July ..

It is estimated that between 800,000 which bes begun in Austria-Hungary, and 1,000,000 men have been supplied Major Mitchell, an ex-Mayor of New has reached a climax owing to violent for employment essential to the prosecu York, has been killed while flying in rains everywhere in Austria-Hungary tion of the war. Louisiana.

and snowstorms and severe frosts in Banniz, Herzegovina and Dalmatia.

AN IMPORTANT. AMERICAN' CONFERENCE.

Great damage has been done to crope and potatoes:

INTERNAL REVENUE COLLEC HIONS UP.

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NEW BULTAN - PROCLAIMED.

GENERAL FOCH'S RẰME!

(From the New YORK HERALD.)

BLIND CHIEFS, TULIPS,

Some quite unfounded statements have been made to the effect that sac

kidneys, or is even responsible for gastric i carcinoma, says the Dritish Medical.com. Journal. There is no evidence that ste- charin, or its allies has any effect what- ever on the economy, even when it is, used in quantities larger than are re Five hundred and fifty sightene quired to sweeten foods and beveges soldiers cheered heartily and cheery to suit brdinary tastes. And thus infer Sir Arthur Pearson when he was spite of the fact that saccharin has been given an icscribed silver casket, by past To pronounce the name of Geners in use for more than a quarter of a and present patients at St. Dunstan's to

ceritary!

celebrate the third birthday d SL Foch,

The more fact that it is an artificial Dunstan's had Remember bo's going to thrash the substance remotely derived from coal tar Sir Arthur was also prosted by the

Boche

does not necessarily render it poisonous, staff with a gold whistle to be used for (And Boche is pronounced as if it were as some seem to surpeek. At the same signalling to the mea on the occasion et

Boal};

bouquet, of tine, it is of course. valueless as food. big gatherings, and with Bo take heed when talking of General in the sense in which sugar is a food, and piak talips from soldier patients at St.

Foch

even as a flavour is to most tartes in- Mark's Hospital, which receives 2434 Stephane Lauzanse, editor of Leferier to the natural substance.

blind in the Erst instance. The blind Maan, of Paris, a Frenchman and ja pa

chief of the Hopefal City of the Bind scholar, said recently

felt, the flowers with sensitive fingers WASHINGTON, July 3...

The correct pronunciation of the FAN-GERMAN POLICEWOMEN.

and announced to his men that they name of General Ferdinand Foch is...

were talips, and very nice ones, focus Internal Revende collections for the with a shorto and with the final ch According to the reports which are This little incident. Mastrated com A Constantinople message says that fiscal year ending Jade 30 totalled though it were sh a trifle shortened. It Wahid al-Din has been proclaimed 83,672,000,000. Last Fear the colles wil rhyme with the English exclams appearing in the Gorman Press from all excellent advice which Bir Arthur took Buitan at the Topkaput Palace from tions were only $800,000,000. tion of disgust, Bosh! Og it will part of the country, an ambitious the oportunity of giving to his men where the remains of Mehemed the

rhyme equally well with the Frouch scheme is on foot to organize German He took it, he said, ass picos of great qualified to do the work he had done at solliers name for the unspeakable Ger, women as Pap-German police agents. A good fortune that he had been specially man butcher soldiers Boche. All you circziler called "Dution of the German St. Dunstan's. He had been through it have to remember is that Ganeral Foch, Women" is being distributed to women's all with the blinded men present, and WASHINGTON, July 3.. is going to give tha Boche what he de associations of all kinds, and even to higelow of the matter was that there President Wilson han, signed the serves, and you have the correct girls schools, which urges that women ormal men who could not se

vet zo bluded men at St. Dunstan's CAN YOU AFFORD THE BISK $1,600,000,000 Naval Appropriation in the mulant govern de bould report to the military authorities

pronunciation. But, for heaven's sake.

Bill WERE 700 ever seized with a severe

barrible guttural German way; his name all parsous guilty of pessimism and all attack of cramp colicor. diar Mr. Daniels, Secretary of the Nary, does not thyme with Hoci !': The rumours likely to affect Gorman ptorale

Women are advised to demand patrioti- rhees without a bottle of Chamberlain's announced that steps would immediately saints forbid t Colic Cholera And Diarchos Remedy be taken for the construction of 48 an

music in cafer and other public place. WASHINGTON, July 6, in the house 1 Don't take such risks. vessels, including battle cruisers and

and co punctuate the performances with The House of Representatiras-panaed-A dose or two will cure you before a

appropriate displays of feeling. They intervention unless all the Allies act in joint resolution authorizing President, doctor could possibly be called, and it superdraga. common co-operation, with the RussiWilson to take over the" telegraph and over fails even in the most severo and The Bill includes an item of The Kaiser will find that there is are also urged to draw up lists of frust? Bens Artone, withāga

nue bit of history he cannot change. It dangerous casca Borla by aŭ $100,000,000 for torpedoboot destroyers that the United States had never been worthy women among the

elaasen who will undertake to inter Chequate and Boraksspore foto submarine chaserk, ete,

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A SECRET RESOLUTION.

PARIS, July 6.

At a meeting of the Socialist group of the Chamber, M. Koransky read a resolution adopted at a secret meeting on 18th May, 1918 of a conacil, com- prising representatives of all parties of the Constituent Assembly with thể, exception of the Bolshevika, rejecting the Brostlitovsk treaty and declaring that Russia was still at war with Germany but emphasising that the Rusunus would never consent to Allied

forest against the Germans.

WASHINGTON, Jane". President Wilson had a conference lasting an hour-had-a half with Mr Lansing, Mr. Baker, Mr. Daniels, Mr. Hanson (Chief of the operations of the Navy) and General March(Chief of Staff of the Army),

AMERICAN TELEGRAPHS, AND TELEPHONES.

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telephone exbles.

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Fifth were afterwarda, removed, and intained in the mosque of Eyub.

"NAVY BILL PISSED.^..

men who could not be way. They must learn to move 414 Add gracefully, and if people tinsist on palling, and bauling about, instead of encouraging them be indipendent, hey must not be raid to point out the mistake.

opía are much idioter about

sted, the said people a